Perusing DRF\'s Derby charts for the past nine years, I found the following tidbits, perhaps more curiosity items than matters of any import:
- The average odds for the 1st, 2nd and 4th place finishers have all been 23-1. For the 3rd place finisher it was 11-1.
- The highly sought after 6th post position has not hit the super in that time frame, yet the most successful has been the #8. A range of the most successful would be 2 through 8. The 1 has only two 4th place finishes in that time frame.
- Pletcher\'s two most successful Derby entrants, Invisible Ink and Bluegrass Cat, both finished 4th at Keeneland in their Derby preps (pre-synth, as I\'m pretty sure the surface changed after the \'06 spring meet). Nor did they win their race prior to the Bluegrass, either. \"Cat\" had been a stakes winner as a two-year old. Not sure about \"Ink.\"
